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| Chrystl Rijkeboer | |
Lives and works in Haarlem, the Netherlands. |
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| About the Artist | |
Artwork made of human hair. |
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Love is the Devil
2003 |
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| Work (still in progress, approximately 200 pieces to date), of 666 angels made of human hair with teeth.
Love and hate are equal and arise from the same emotion.
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Grey man resting
2004 |
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| Crochet head made of human hair, laying on a cushion.
Work about ageing. Age and experients can mean peace and wishdom, but also struggle with life weariness, a lack of interest, infirmities and transitoriness.
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She only wanted a boy
2004 |
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| Knitted baby made of human hair.
About a memory to my mother, who during its pregnancy of my two
younger sisters only knitted boys sweaters. She gave birth to girls only.
During the pregnancies of my sisters she again knitted piles of boys sweaters.
My sisters as well gave birth to daughters only. The life wish of my mother never came true.
This issue revers about the ethics questions about the manipulating of DNA. Should we make life ourselfs in an artificial way?
There are clinics working with DNA for the ‘making of’ baby’s, where you can choose the sex, color of the hair, eyes and even the intelligence etc. If we are confronted with a life wish so strong, how do we feel about this issue?
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Perfect Stranger ♂
2004 |
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| This work has its origin from the notion that I always work with human hair and that every hair carries the genes (DNA) of each individual. My ‘Perfect Stranger’ has arisen from a compilation of uncountable many genes.
The title ‘Perfect Stranger’ is dualistic.
It revers directly to the question if manipulating with DNA and genes is justified aesthetically, both at medical - and beauty level. More and more people aim for general beauty ideals (witch I call the barbie-syndroom).
Do we need the perfect human? Does ‘perfection’ satisfy our needs? Or will the ‘new human’ be so average, we start to revalue the singulatity of the individual, inspite of all additional shortcomings.
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Stolen Identity/Wedding couple
2005 |
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| In this time of war, intolerance and terrorism, many are prepared to join an ideological-criminal organization. They are even prepared to die for that purpose. The ideal is their cause and the group their life. Being associated with such organizations one has to give up its identity, by literally putting a hood over the head. The higher cause for which one sacrifices oneself, takes away the possibility to show who you are and what you stand for. The hood or balaclava deprives these people their identity and pride.
The balaclava is a signal for society: ‘Watch out!, danger!’. When a terrorist is captured or killed, the media show us who these people are, their uncovered faces. Ordinary men and women, who lived an ordinary life before or besides the cause that took their personal identity and life.
We only can’t see ordinary people anymore, only criminals, because we are aware of their deeds. Our prejudice ‘colors’ our opinion.
With the series of photographs ‘Stolen Identity’ I will reverse this phenomenon. I portray ordinairy people by taking away their identity through a balaclava. I start this project with photo’s: a family portrait, a wedding picture, a pregnant woman. Precious photo’s one usually frames or sticks in an album.
By hiding the faces with the balaclava, I’ll take away these people’s pride. And what will the spectator see looking at these photo’s? How prejudiced is his view?
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Avatar - Martine
2006 |
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| The series portraits named Avatar show people wearing balaclavas made out of human hair. An estranged image in which the identity of the one becomes veiled with the hair of the other.
All models got a preference choice which Avatar to wear. Posing with their 'balaclava type' a surprising inner picture of the models arise.
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Burka
2006 |
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| Work about fear, oppression and strength.
Fear for the unknown. Litteral: You don't know who or what is hided under the burka. Figurative: Fear for the unknown. In this case Moslem belief. Incomprehension by ignorance.
Oppression: Moslem woman are oppressed in many parts of the world. They don't have any rights concerning education, individuality or power.
Strenght: Moslem woman who choose aware for wearing the traditional cloth of the Moslem belief (the burka), in countries which don't general accept this.
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Lost memories
2000 |
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| Installation: chair, scissors, light bulb and human hair.
Installation about power and impotence, it all depends on who gave the order to cut of the hair.
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| Education and biography | |
| Education: From 1994-1998 at ‘Willem de Kooning Academie’, Rotterdam. Graduated in 1998, Visual Arts 3D. Expositions & Performance: • Collectief Apus, Museumpark Rotterdam 1996 (gr) • Gouda's kaarsenfabriek, Waddinxveen 1996 (s) • Eurochocolate-festival Amsterdam, 1997 (gr) • On-schuld installatie, Haarlem, 1998 (s) • Kunstlijn, Oude Slot, Heemstede, 1998 (gr) • Volksuniversiteit, Haarlem, 1999 (s) • 'Aan den lijve', Oude Slot, Heemstede, 1999 (gr) • 'Pa's meubelshow' 'de stoel', de Fietsznfabriek, Haarlem, April 1999 (gr) • 'Nieuwe Lichting', Arti et Industriae, Den Haag, July 1999 (gr) • 10X 'het nieuwe werk'?, EJOK, Rotterdam 1999 (s) • 115 jaar Arti, Arti et Industriae, Den Haag, November 1999 (gr) • Oud en Nieuw, Arti et Industriae, Den Haag, December 1999 (gr) • Kunstaankopen gemeente Haarlem, January 2000 (gr) • Pa's meubelshow 'de tafel', de Fietsznfabriek, Haarlem April 2000 (gr) • 'Summer 2000', Galeria D'Art Zero, Barcelona, August 2000 (gr) • Kunstlijn, Haarlem, November 2000 (gr) • 'Ledententoonstelling', Arti et Industriae, Den Haag, January 2001 (gr) • Pa's meubelshow, 'huisaltaar', de Fietsznfabriek, Haarlem April 2001 (gr) • '(He)art for Africa IV', Haarlem May 2001 (gr) • 'Hortus Ludi' 'Tot nut en genoegen', Rotterdam 2001, May 2001 (gr) • 'Mannen met Baarden', het Huis van Alijn, Gent / Belgium, June - Dec. 2001 (gr) • Kunstlijn, Haarlem, November 2001 (gr) • 18th. Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival, de Balie Amsterdam, April 2002 (s) • Pa's meubelshow, de Fietsznfabriek, Haarlem April 2002 (gr) • 'Over Grenzen', Arti et Industriae, Den Haag, May 2002 (gr) • 'The 3rd Annual summer Groupshow', Andenken Gallery, Denver, July 2002 (gr) • Kunstlijn, Haarlem, November 2002 (gr) • 'Het stilleven van de 21st, eeuw', Vishal Haarlem, January 2003 (gr) • The 8th. International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition,University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii, March 2003- traveling until November 2005 (gr) • 19th. Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival, de Melkweg Amsterdam, April 2003 (s) • 'Exposeren onder de Zwarte Madonna', St. Begane Kunst, Den Haag, April - June 2003 (gr) • 'Arte a la carte', Expoline Scherpenzeel, November 2003 t/m February 2004 (gr) • 'Buitenwereld', Vishal Haarlem, gastconcervator Bas Heyne, January 2004 (gr) • '10 jaar Vishal', Vishal Haarlem, February 2004 (gr) • 'Rood rood roodkapje', Villa Zebra Rotterdam, March - September 2004 (gr) • Pa's meubelshow 'het pronkstuk', de Fietsznfabriek, Haarlem April 2004 (gr) • 'Mo(Nu)ment Bornem', de Notelaer Bornem België;, May - August 2004 (gr) • 'Digital.movement.', Weilworks, Denver USA, September 2004 (gr) • 'De Mensch', de Vishal Haarlem, January 2005 (gr) • 'HAIRS', Le Centre D'Exposition L'imagier Quebec Canada, May t/m June 2005 ( gr) • 'Stolen Identity', Offthemapgallery, Toronto Canada, June 2005 (solo) • 'Kloone4000', Projectruimte Retort Amsterdam, September - October 2005 (gr) • 'ID', Nova gallery Eindhoven, March 16 May 13 2006 (dual) • 22 nd. Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival, de Melkweg Amsterdam, April 2006 (s) • Stolen Identity, KREK, Alkmaar, 23 juli - 10 sept. 2006 (s) • 'Avatars', Theater festival Karavaan, Alkmaar, 1 t/m 6 August 2006 (s) • 'Wundersame Freizeitobsessionen', Lucky Loft Gallery, Hamburg Germany, Aug31-Sept 3 2006 (gr) • 'Twisted', Here gallery Bristol UK, October 2006 (gr) • Biennale Internationale Design 2006 Saint-Etienne, France."Eden ADN", Nov.23-Dec.3 2006. (gr) • Eine Frage (nach) der Geste, Leipzig Germany, Dec. 3-12 2006 (gr) *s= solo *gr= group Publications: • Agenda van het Verlangen, September 1999 • Publication +ING, Japan, edition spring 2003. • The 8th. International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition,University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2003- 2005. Catalogue. • '10 jaar Vishal', 2004. Catalogue. • 'De Mensch', 2005. Student examination paper Julia schuit, Ireland. • 'Hair Today', 2005. Student examination paper Gabriëlla Valentini, UK. • Publication Textiel Plus no.194, winter 2005. • 'Kloone4000' 2005. Catalogue. • Publication: Sleek Magazine, summer issue no.11, 2006. • Publication: Trendsetter, issue no.52 August 2006. Workshops & Lectures: • Workshop 'Mannen met Baarden', het Huis van Alijn, Gent / Belgium 2001. • Lecture 'Hair today Art tomorrow', School of Art, Ottawa / Canada, 2005. Memberships: • De Vishal, Haarlem. Working member since 2002. • Founder Artunit, Haarlem 2003. |
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| Future shows | |
| • Kleine Vishal, Solo window, January 21 - February 13 2007 (s) • ‘Man/vrouw, Grote St. Laurenskerk Alkmaar, July 5 - September 2 2007 (gr) |
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